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5.0étoiles sur 5
Their best song, and best album altogether, Mars 22 2006
This might not be the longest Smashing Pumpkins album, or have the most radio singles, but it is by far the best and most cohesive album Billy Corgan put out, from beginning to end. The production is raw and in-your-face, unlike their later, over-produced albums. This album is fresh, vital rock music. Definitely one of the best mainstream rock albums of the 90's.It has some of the band's biggest singles on it... The inspirational, (somewhat) uplifting "Today", the loud, melodic "Cherub Rock", and the acoustic favourite "Disarm", complete with dramatic bells and strings in the background. Also the lesser-known "Rocket", a decent song that kind of goes on pleasantly, with a dramatic ending ("I will be free!") However the strength of this album is not just its singles, but almost all of the songs are excellent, or at the very least pretty good, and some of these album tracks should be considered "up there" with the band's best-known songs. There's the rocking "Geek U.S.A." with one crazy guitar solo in it; "Mayonnaise" which is a nice softer, melodic song; and the ABSOLUTE highlight of the album, "Soma". This song has got to be the VERY BEST thing Billy Corgan did. It starts off with an absolutely dreamy delay-and-reverb soaked clean electric guitar, then the gentle, depressing verse comes in "Nothing left to say/nothing left to do/but run away from you." The song progresses further, then quiets... then... BAM! The distorted guitar kicks in with such appropriate force it blows the mind. This song has the best, most personal, heartbreaking lyrics Billy ever wrote about a failed relationship, and also one of his very best guitar solos EVER (it was played with a bow!). It is often overlooked because of its placement in the middle of the album and the fact it wasn't a single. Siamese Dream also has some very cutesy-sweet songs on it, typical of the Pumpkins, such as "Spaceboy" and "Sweet Sweet", they are both pleasant and nice, while somewhat cheesy, they don't offend the ears, and also add a welcome variety to the generally hard-rocking sound present on the album. Overall I highly recommend this album. It might not be a life-changing album, but for many people it was, and its music will always stick with me, no matter how much Billy Corgan may suck nowadays (well, it's the truth!). You will not be disappointed with this album.
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